found: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Nominations of the 113th Congress, first session, 2014:page v (Brian A. Nichols, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Peru)
found: U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian website, September 19, 2014(Brian A. Nichols (1965- ); Foreign Service officer; state of residence: Rhode Island; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Peru); nomination of June 24, 2013 not acted upon by the Senate; re-nominated January 6, 2014)
found: Embassy of the United States (Lima, Perú) website, September 19, 2014(Brian A. Nichols was confirmed by the United States Senate as Ambassador to the Republic of Perú on June 19, 2014. Ambassador Nichols began his Foreign Service career as a Consular Officer in Lima, Perú [in] 1989. A native of Rhode Island, he is a graduate of Tufts University)